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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Purview

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.8 /10

29 Reviews Write a Review

What is Microsoft Purview?

You can’t innovate without knowing where your data is. Get visibility, manage data securely, and go beyond compliance with Microsoft Purview. Safeguard all your data across platforms, apps, and clouds with comprehensive solutions for information protection, data governance, risk management, and compliance.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Purview won the following awards in the Data Loss Prevention category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

5 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Conflict Resolution

2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

Microsoft Purview Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Purview?

0% Negative

4% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Respectful
Client Friendly Policies
Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Data Discovery (DLP)

Activity Monitoring Alerts

Forensic Analysis Support

Encryption and Decryption Support

Email and IM Support

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies

Endpoint Support

Real Time Scanning

Centralized Reporting Engine

Environment Support

Multiple Enforcement Actions

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Microsoft Purview Reviews

Ajit J.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Great Microsoft product, easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Purview from other similar products?

Security features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use and design

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost it little higher

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a great product, try it once

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Yogesh J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

DLP at its best!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Purview from other similar products?

The cutting edge features, data security and ease of integration is what differentiates MS Purview from its competitors

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

features, data security and ease of integration

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost of acquiring and AMC

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it if you want a product that is best is class and is supported by MS

Pros

Saves Time
Includes Product Enhancements
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Helps to have secure communication between users

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Microsoft Purview Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Purview?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Discovery (DLP) Structured (content registration or data fingerprinting) and unstructured (keywords, lexicons, metadata tags, statistical analysis, etc.) data identification.

Activity Monitoring Alerts User access patterns can be monitored with rule-based alerts for sensitive data access requests.

Forensic Analysis Support Query capabilities with pre-built and custom drill down, pivot, and parsing; includes export functions and event session reconstruction.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Email and IM Support The solution scans inbound and outbound messages for security violations.

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies Centralized reporting engine with out-of-the-box policy support and custom policy creation with bi-directional workflow integration.

Endpoint Support Multiple operating system and device type support with offline protection, removable media, print screen, and copy and paste support.

Real Time Scanning The solution scans content and context of files in real-time, 24/7.

Centralized Reporting Engine The solution provides a central reporting engine for policy creation and management with canned reports and RBAC.

Environment Support Breadth of protocol support, cloud protection, peer to peer, Web 2.0, and virtualization environment support.

Multiple Enforcement Actions The solution provides options for violations such as block, move, quarantine, and delete.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Microsoft Purview Reviews

Ajit J.

Great Microsoft product, easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Yogesh J.

DLP at its best!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Helps to have secure communication between users

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Data Discovery (DLP)

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Email and IM Support

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies

Endpoint Support

Real Time Scanning

Centralized Reporting Engine

Environment Support

Multiple Enforcement Actions

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Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

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